(Editor’s note: As part of our Community Contributors series, we will be publishing poetry. In the past, newspapers routinely published poetry from local authors. We at the Ohio County Monitor wanted to try to reach back into the past and bring the custom back to the present. Below you will find our last Christmas poem. We hope you enjoy it.)
Winter Mid-Holiday Silence
Christmas Spirit fades
When gifts are unwrapped
Stockings are empty
Unfoiled chocolates attacked
Piles of opened presents
Favorites picked
Napping on the couch
Hard to help St. Nick
Once well vacuumed floor
Now littered with bows and paper
Christmas hustle finally rests
Time spent with family and neighbor
All work is closed
No place to be
All looks sad
When taking down the tree
Decorations are gone
Tinsel no more
Promising New Year
New life to adore
Praise our Lord for the day
That Baby Jesus was here
Love to you all
Happy New Year
-Luce